2000 World Club Challenge
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The 2000 World Club Challenge
was contested by 1999 NRL season premiers, the Melbourne Storm
and 1999 Super League champions, St Helens. The match was played on 22 January at JJB Stadium
, Wigan before a crowd of 13,394. The Melbourne Storm defeated St Helens 44 - 6.
World Club Challenge
The World Club Challenge is an annual rugby league football match held between the champions of the Australasian National Rugby League and the European Super League competitions to determine the world's best rugby league club...
was contested by 1999 NRL season premiers, the Melbourne Storm
Melbourne Storm
The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria....
and 1999 Super League champions, St Helens. The match was played on 22 January at JJB Stadium
JJB Stadium
The DW Stadium is a sports stadium in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, that is home to Wigan Athletic football club and Wigan Warriors rugby league club....
, Wigan before a crowd of 13,394. The Melbourne Storm defeated St Helens 44 - 6.
Teams
| St Helens | Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the city of Melbourne. They are the first fully professional rugby league team based in the Australian rules football-dominated state of Victoria.... |
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| Paul Atcheson Paul Atcheson Paul 'Patch' Atcheson is British former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Widnes Vikings , Wigan, Oldham Bears, and St. Helens, playing at , i.e... |
Fullback | Robbie Ross Robbie Ross (rugby league) Robbie Ross is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative fullback, he played his club football with the Newcastle Knights, Brisbane Broncos and Hunter Mariners before settling at the Melbourne... |
| Darren Smith | Winger | Brad Watts Brad Watts Brad Watts is a retired Australian professional rugby league footballer who competed in the National Rugby League. He played for the Melbourne Storm from 1999 to 2001, then for the South Sydney Rabbitohs from 2002 to 2005. Watts also played with the Widnes Vikings club in the then European Super... |
| Paul Newlove Paul Newlove Paul Newlove is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. A Great Britain and England international representative, he competed in the Super League competition, featuring as a . He played for the St... |
Centre | Aaron Moule Aaron Moule Aaron Moule is a former professional rugby league player for the Salford City Reds in Super League. Moule previously played for the South Queensland Crushers and Melbourne Storm in the Australian National Rugby League and Widnes Vikings in Super League... |
| Kevin Iro Kevin Iro Kevin Leslie Iro is a former professional rugby league international footballer who has representated both New Zealand and the Cook Islands. In his domestic career, his achievements include playing in the Challenge Cup final for Leeds, Wigan and St. Helens.Iro is the younger brother of New Zealand... |
Centre | Tony Martin Tony Martin (rugby league) Tony Martin is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Hull FC in the Super League he previously played for Crusaders Rugby League and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League... |
| Sean Hoppe Sean Hoppe Sean Edward Hoppe is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who represented his country.-Early years:... |
Winger | Marcus Bai Marcus Bai Marcus Bai is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. Primarily a winger, he played his final season in 2006 for English Super League team Bradford Bulls. He is the only man to win the World Club Challenge with three different clubs... |
| Tommy Martyn Tommy Martyn Tommy Martyn played for St Helens in the Rugby League Premiership and, subsequently, Super League. He also played for Oldham and Leigh Centurions.Martyn teamed up with Bobbie Goulding in the halves for the 1997 Challenge Cup final at Wembley. His two tries and try-saving ankle-tap on Danny Peacock... |
Stand Off / Five-eighth | Scott Hill |
| Sean Long Sean Long Sean Long is an English former professional rugby league and current rugby union footballer with Preston Grasshoppers. He has played for Wigan, Widnes and Hull but is best known for playing for St Helens in the Super League. Internationally he has represented England and Great Britain at /... |
Scrum Half / Halfback | Brett Kimmorley Brett Kimmorley Brett "Noddy" Kimmorley was an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs of the NRL. He has previously played for five other clubs and has also represented his country and state on several occasions... |
| Matthew O'Neill | Prop | Wayne Evans Wayne Evans (rugby league) Wayne Evans is a former professional rugby league footballer. He played for the Melbourne Storm of the NRL He also has previously played for the Northern Eagles and Western Reds, as well as for the London Broncos in the European Super League competition.-External links:*... |
| Paul Wellens Paul Wellens Paul Simon Wellens is an English multi-award–winning rugby league footballer. Wellens plays for St. Helens in the European Super League. Wellens is a Great Britain and England international... |
Hooker | Richard Swain Richard Swain Richard Swain is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A New Zealand international representative Hooker, he played club football in Australia for the Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm and Brisbane Broncos and in England for Hull.-Early years:Swain went to Farrer... |
| Sonny Nickle Sonny Nickle Sonny Nickle is an English former rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s.He played for Hunslet, St. Helens, Bradford Bulls, Sheffield Eagles, and Leigh Centurions. He played in the and as a . He was part of the package put together by St... |
Prop | Robbie Kearns Robbie Kearns Robbie Kearns is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer in the National Rugby League competition whose senior career began with the Cronulla Sharks. He represented New South Wales in State of Origin and Australia in international matches. His position of choice was at Prop Forward... (c) |
| Chris Joynt Chris Joynt Chris M. Joynt is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative , and /, he played his club football with St... |
2nd Row | Paul Marquet Paul Marquet Paul Marquet is a former professional rugby league player for the Newcastle Knights, Hunter Mariners, Melbourne Storm and Warrington Wolves... |
| Bryan Henare Bryan Henare Bryan Henare is a former rugby league player. Henare was usually a hooker or a second-rower.-Playing career:... |
2nd Row | Stephen Kearney Stephen Kearney Stephen Peter Kearney, ONZM is a professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Parramatta Eels in the NRL as well as the New Zealand national team... |
| Paul Sculthorpe Paul Sculthorpe Paul Sculthorpe , is an English retired rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A Great Britain international representative /, and /, he played club football for St. Helens, with whom he won a total of four Grand Finals, three Challenge Cups and two World Club Challenges... |
Loose Forward / Lock | Matt Rua Matt Rua Matthew Rua is a former professional rugby league player.-Playing career:Rua was a Manly Warringah Sea Eagles junior in 1996 and played for the Junior Kiwis.... |
| Apollo Perelini Apollo Perelini Apollo Perelini is a former Samoan dual code rugby international player.Apollo Perelini played for St. Helens in the Rugby League Premiership and the Super League... |
Interchange | Danny Williams |
| Fereti Tuilagi Freddie Tuilagi Fereti Tuilagi is a former Samoan rugby union Rugby player who previously played rugby league for Halifax Blue Sox and St. Helens. He played as a wing or centre and now is currently retired... |
Interchange | Russell Bawden Russell Bawden Russell Bawden is an Australian former rugby league footballer for the Brisbane Broncos, Melbourne Storm, London Broncos and for the Queensland State of Origin Team.... |
| Anthony Stewart | Interchange | Tasesa Lavea Tasesa Lavea Tasesa James Lavea is a New Zealand rugby union footballer of Samoan descent and heritage, who currently plays for English club Sale Sharks.-Career:... |
| John Stankevitch John Stankevitch John Stankevitch is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 2000s. He played for St Helens and Widnes in the European Super League as a and as a . Since retiring through a serious shoulder and neck injury, he has had two stints at Widnes as assistant and a head coach role at Doncaster... |
Interchange | Dane Morgan Dane Morgan Dane Morgan , was a rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the North Sydney Bears in 1999 and then played for both the Wests Tigers and Melbourne Storm in 2000.-External links:... |
| Ian Millward Ian Millward Ian Millward is an Australian rugby league coach and former player. Millward is currently the head coach at Super League side Castleford.... |
Coach | Chris Anderson |